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North Sligo Athletic Club’s Christopher O’Donnell and the Ireland 4×400 metres mixed relay team finished eighth in Saturday’s Olympic final in Tokyo. Running in lane 1, the quarter of Cillin Greene, Phil Healy, Sophie Becker and Christopher O’Donnell were never really in medal contention. They finished ahead of Germany and…

People across the region are being encouraged to attend a walk in vaccination centre this bank holiday weekend to receive their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine. The centre at the Knocknarea Arena at ITSligo is open with no appointment needed from 10am to 2pm today (Saturday), Sunday and…

There was disappointment for Donegal’s Mark English in the heats of  the men’s 800 metres at the Olympics on Saturday morning. Running in heat 5 of 6, the Letterkenny man finished fourth in his heat, in a time of  1min 46.75secs. This wasn’t quick enough for him to progress to…

Two second-half goals from midfielder Ross Doherty helped propel Sligo minor footballers into another Connacht final, as they ran out comprehensive winners over a gallant Leitrim team in Friday evening’s semi-final at Markievicz Park. Sligo won on final scoreline of 2-18 to 2-9. The sides were level at the interval…

Donegal middle distance runner Mark English will run in the first round heats of the men’s 800 metres at the Tokyo Olympics in the early hours of Saturday morning. English goes in heat 5 of 6 at 2.22am Irish time. The indications are he will need to run close to…

Sligo is the host of the first-ever virtual Fleadh Cheoil, which gets underway this weekend. Fleadhfest 2021 is a week-long event of live performances and music streaming. One of the organisers is Bartley Gavin   OceanFM Ireland · Fleadhfest virtual Fleadh Cheoil in Sligo underway

This week’s Friday Panel discusses Katherine Zappone’s appointment by Government, Bishop Kevin Doran pushing ahead with Communion and Confirmation ceremonies, climate change, the Olympics, dumping on our beaches, and…turf. Guests are Leslie O’Hora of The Green Party and Kieran Dineen   OceanFM Ireland · The Friday Panel, Leslie O'Hora, Kieran…